Tui nominated for International Golden Boot Award.Playing against the worlds best players,deserves it after his nightmare at Leeds, playing for top coaches has made his season.

It's true though. He's a completely different player now unless you're wearing Rhino blinker.

There were some good reasons it didn't work at Leeds, and some bad ones as well.

On his part, he looked unfit, he shirked tackles and he didn't look interested from an early stage (the try he scored at Wakefield was a fluke that only came about because he bottled the tackle).

On Leeds' part, he was a square peg in a round hole. He was never a player that was going to compliment (or be complimented by) Myler in the halves.

Fair play to the guy - he's kicked on since moving.

He's in with a shout, but I think Murdoch-Massila deserves it. It'll definitely be going to a Tongan player anyway.

They should call the award something else now

Maybe Lolohea was told at an early stage at Leeds that he was no longer required just like many of the other players who have been shipped out.
He may well have thought knac£ers to you all why should I bother.
Saying that not what you would expect from a RL professional but may have been a reason he was so bad at Leeds.

Lolohea plays well when he's happy. He's a player I've watched ever since he came through the Warriors and onward. When he's happy and confident he's a great player. For whatever reason, it didn't work at Leeds. Some clubs suit certain players. There's loads of players that have moved on from clubs and transformed. That's team sports for you.

Watson's style of coaching suits Tui. He has confidence again and it shows.

Out of curiosity is he going to be a Salford player again next season?

I think so, he moved permanently not on loan. Same with Lui the other way.

In that case Salford certainly got the better deal there didn't they.

I must confess, watching him play for Leeds and then for Salford and Tonga is like chalk and Cheese.

No they did not he is rubbish , everyone getting over excited on the back of average performances

Signed a two-year deal iirc.

Just because he didn't perform for your team doesn't mean he's never going to perform to the best of his ability ever again. You sound very insecure.

Spot on. I'm delighted, I'd rather see a player go well in someone else's squad than have their talents go to waste in ours.

Are you five years old?

The idea that Lolohea has been great since signing for Salford, is nonsense. He’s been better than he was for Leeds (not saying much) but every time I’ve seen him for Salford he’s been fairly average. His nomination for this award is laughable, either way.

Ahh
Your one of the Leeds fans who thinks Sinfield did a good job this year and its all down to the players not his interference in the playing side.
The form of every player who left Leeds improved.

Given how most of those players who left were under performing, that's not a big surprise that they since improved.

I personally have no issue with Sinfield so far (Lolohea was not Sinfield's recruit),whilst the likes of Merrin, Martyn and Lui have been good recruits so far. The only black mark on his record for me is the appointment of Furner.

The whole 'interfering with the team' thing seems to come from the fact he sits next to Agar and little else. But given his remit, I'd expect him to be close to the coaching staff.

Sinfield was handed a massive mess to clean up, with the wrong players on contracts that were too large and too long. That all takes time to fix and so far, I think he's made decent progress.

I will watch La La's career with interest then and we will see who is correct

So you'll wait another ten years or so to come back to this thread.

There's something wrong with you...

Why because i do not rate the guy . I have yet to see him control a game and for me he lacks everything required to be a quality player except a side step

I bow down to your superior knowledge, Mr Bennett.

He’s no richie Myler that’s for sure lmao

This post is bang on the money.

All said golden boot is now basically an award for playing well in 2/3 test matches. It is supposed to signify the worlds best player or please just change the name to international player of the year and then we can end these arguments.